Summertime
Summertime is an Italian play in three acts by Ugo Betti (1892-1953), originally entitled in Italian Il paese delle vacanze ("vacation land"), written in 1937. It was part of a trilogy of satirical plays, which also included Una bella domenica di settembre (1935, "A Beautiful Sunday in September") and I nostri sogni (1936, "Our People's Dreams").
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Translations and adaptations
Full English title Summertime - An idyll in three acts, translated by Henry Reed (Samuel French, 1957).
Translated into Afrikaans from the Italian as Skrikkeljaar – 'n Idille in drie bedrywe by Alewyn Lee (DALRO, 1968).
South African productions
In English
In Afrikaans
The Afrikaans translation by Alewyn Lee was produced as Skrikkeljaar in 1958 by NTO. Performers: Berdine Grünewald, Eghard van der Hoven, Gerrit Wessels, Mathilde Hanekom, Sann de Lange, Reenen van Niekerk, Salie Vermaak, Louisa Aucamp. Directed by Robert Mohr, costumes by Doreen Graves and décor by Frank Graves.
Sources
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ugo-betti
Lantern, 7(4):375-380. 1958.
Skrikkeljaar theatre programme, 1958.
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